dead code removal

[Jim Reekes]

I have a little program that contains a routine DummyFunc() which is
never reference in the code. Building this single source file in any way
I've tried results in a binary which contains DummyFunc(). Using nm and
objdump, as far as I can determine GCC 2.95 does not dead-code strip.
(which I find amazing!). So I have two questions.

Am I missing something and GCC actually does dead-code stripping?

 - or - 

How can I find unused/unreferenced symbols in my code so that I can bury
the dead code manually?


Jim

P.S. I have always compared programming to ditch digging, and now I'm
convinced.

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